RELAXER GEL ACTIVATOR
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1. A gel composition for relaxing hair fiber, the composition comprising:
- a carbomer;
an alkaline neutralizing agent consisting essentially of guanidine carbonate; and
a fluid medium;
wherein the carbomer is present in an amount effective to form a gel in the fluid medium and the guanidine carbonate is present in an amount effective to neutralize the carbomer sufficiently to produce a gel in the fluid medium.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a relaxer gel activator composition, which includes a carbomer and guanidine carbonate as an alkaline neutralizing agent therefor, and a method for producing the relaxer gel activator. In some embodiments, the relaxer gel activator composition includes at least one conditioning agent, which may be PEG-2 dimeadowfoamamidoethylmonium methosulfate. The present invention also provides methods and kits for relaxing hair fibers using the relaxer gel activator of the invention.
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38 Claims
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1. A gel composition for relaxing hair fiber, the composition comprising:
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a carbomer; an alkaline neutralizing agent consisting essentially of guanidine carbonate; and a fluid medium; wherein the carbomer is present in an amount effective to form a gel in the fluid medium and the guanidine carbonate is present in an amount effective to neutralize the carbomer sufficiently to produce a gel in the fluid medium. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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2. A gel composition for relaxing and/or straightening hair fiber, the composition comprising:
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a carbomer; a neutralizing agent comprising guanidine carbonate; and a fluid medium; wherein the gel composition is substantially free of any alkaline neutralizing agent other than guanidine carbonate, the carbomer is present in an amount effective to form a gel in the fluid medium, and the guanidine carbonate is present in an amount effective to neutralize the carbomer sufficiently to produce a gel in the fluid medium. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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21. A method for producing a gel composition for relaxing and/or straightening hair fiber, the method comprising neutralizing carbomer with guanidine carbonate in a fluid medium to produce the gel composition, wherein the gel composition is substantially free of any alkaline neutralizing agent other than guanidine carbonate.
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